THREE KEYSTONE HEALTH CENTER PHYSICIANS EARN BOARD CERTIFICATION
Yvette Brown, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist and assistant chief ob/gyn officer at Keystone Women’s Care, received certification from the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Brown, who joined Keystone in August 2001, earned her MD from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Philadelphia's MCP Hahnemann University. Mary Jo Hall, MD, and Matthew Kaufman, MD, both pediatricians at
Franklin County Pediatrics, received certification from the American Board of Pediatrics. Drs. Hall and Kaufman joined Keystone in September 2003, when Keystone acquired Franklin County Pediatrics.
Prior to joining Franklin County Pediatrics, Dr. Hall served her pediatric residency at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA following the receipt of her MD from MCP Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Dr. Kaufman completed his residency at the Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in the pediatrics department of Eastern Virginia Medical School. He received his MD at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. According to the American Board of Medical Specialties, a board certified physician is one who has completed an approved educational training program and an evaluation process, including an examination. The process is designed to assess the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to provide quality patient care in the physician’s area of specialty. Earning board certification is a voluntary process of testing and evaluation and is not required to practice medicine. It is a different and separate process from obtaining a medical license, which is legally required in order to treat patients and is issued by the state in which a doctor practices medicine. The voluntary pursuit of board certification is intended to help the public identify those physicians who have met a standard of training and experience set beyond the level required for licensure. Keystone Women's Care specializes in obstetrical and gynecological health care, providing annual exams, family-centered obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy care, family planning, basic infertility care, breast care, adolescent health care, and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, sexual dysfunction, and PMS. Additional services provided include female incontinence management and treatment, osteoporosis and prevention, and menopause and transition management. In addition to Dr. Brown, the practice is staffed by two other obstetrician/gynecologists, Thomas Orndorf, MD, and Sushma Bhadauria, MD. The center also has two certified nurse midwives on staff, Darlanna Besecker, CNM, and Sarah W. Myers, CNM. Franklin County Pediatrics specializes in exclusive health care attention directed towards children and young adults. They provide immunization services, treat injuries and illnesses, analyze children's nutritional needs, and help implement physical fitness plans. Franklin County Pediatrics also works with children and young adults with emotional, behavioral, family, and school and learning problems. They also respond to special needs in the area of body changes during puberty, menstruation, growth and hygiene, substance abuse, eating disorders, and birth control. Dr. Hall and Dr. Kaufman are joined at Franklin County Pediatrics by pediatricians Jeffrey Brendlinger, DO, Donald Hendrickson, MD, and Michael Colli, MD. Keystone Health Center, a public, non-profit organization, provides high-quality family medical, obstetric, gynecological, cardiac, behavioral, and dental health care and, when needed, social services to underserved and vulnerable populations as well as the entire community. At present, Keystone Health Center operates six primary care sites—Keystone Family Practice, Keystone Dental Care, Keystone Women's Care, Keystone Health Center-Path Valley satellite family practice, Franklin County Pediatrics, and the State Migrant Farmworker Administration office—and one specialty practice, the Franklin County Heart Center. Keystone also operates one year-round migrant and seasonal farmworker site in Berks County and one seasonal farmworker site in Adams County. Services are also provided through outreach workers and contracted providers across the Commonwealth. For more information regarding Keystone Health Center, Keystone Women’s Care, and Franklin County Pediatrics, please visit Keystone’s website at www.keystonehealth.org. For more information regarding this news release, please contact Dawn Stinson at (717) 263-2230 x227. |
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